Jacob's Review of Counting by 7's 

        Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan, is a book that toys with your emotions. Young genius Willow Chance loses her parents in a tragic accident.  Willow's heart broke into a million pieces. She was an orphan and they had been the only people who loved her for who she was. She is forced to stay with her closest friend Mai. Mai lives in a garage behind a nail polish store her mother owns. 

       There is a subplot to this book where Willow hires a taxi driver and the taxi driver winds up thinking she is his guardian angel. This book is heart wrenching, funny, and touching. This was an outstanding book and I hope you read it, too.                

        What I disliked about this book is that the ending was very predictable. This book is aimed for a younger audience around grades 6-8. One thing I would have changed is I would have went into more detail about what Willow's house looked like.